Couples Therapy Dublin, Dublin County

~ Couples / Relationship / Marriage Counselling ~ Decreases emotional avoidance ~ Changes in how we actually behave with each other ~ Improves communication ~ Building resilience, because so much of couples therapy involves focusing on problem areas

Students ~ discount €45

Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy ~ Anxiety ~ Depression/ Low Mood  ~ Self Esteem/ Confidence issues  ~ Personal issues  ~ Relationship issues  ~ Stress & Anger Management 

The additional help and support of an experienced counsellor can be very beneficial in facilitating the couple to clarify the issues of difficulty and see if these may be improved together. Counselling can help to give a good understanding of each other's family background and personal history. This can be a very important part of this process in order to help understand the dynamic that may now exist in the relationship.

I offer couple counselling session 50-55minutes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a collaborative, practical and problem oriented approach to emotional problems whereby the client and therapist work together toward understanding difficulties in terms of the relationship between thoughts, feelings, body responses and behavior.

Relationship/Couples/Marriage Counselling DublinRelationship/Couples/Marriage Counselling DublinRelationship’s and families as we’ve known them seem to be falling apart at a rapid rate, inevitably this leads to feelings of hurt and anger. It often puts into question our ability to trust again and experience feelings of loneliness, rejection and loss. Relationships with our children can be tense and this can result in feelings of guilt, anger and sadness. In order to understand our own relationship difficulties we first need to take the courageous step of developing a more intimate relationship with ourselves. The first and most influential experience of personal relationships was when we were children. If our relationship with our parents were difficult, or we observed lack of communication, fighting and tension between our parents this may influence our relationships as adults. If we experienced rejection, hurt and losses as a child we may be unconsciously repeating these patterns as adults or avoid intimate relationships in order to protect from anticipated rejections. It may be that you are questioning why you are always choosing the wrong person and end up hurt and seem to be unable to stop repeating this pattern. Maybe you are a person who does the rejecting, however feels lonely and desires closeness. How counselling can help Counselling can help you to explore and develop a more intimate relationship with yourself. It can help unravel what is stopping you from getting close and in this process you can begin to develop new ways of being with others

What is Counselling? Counselling aims to help you explore and clarify problems and issues that matter to you. It may help you develop resources and skills to cope with difficulties. It could also help you to get through a distressing time in your life. We, the counsellors, listen to what you are really saying, accepting and understanding where you are at and respecting your feelings. We will not tell you what to do, but we can help you to come to your own decisions. Counselling is not only about problems, it also offers opportunities to get to know yourself better and to develop as a person. What we do We offer professional assistance to people who are troubled – whether in their personal life or at work. Our team of counsellors/psychotherapists offer a range of approaches to suit your individual needs. The aim of talking with a counsellor is to help you make sense of what is going on in your life. Take your first step to that help today and find a suitable counsellor, contact us now. Psychotherapy is helpful for: Managing stress, anxiety and trauma. Difficulties at work. Grief and bereavement/loss. Anxiety. Obsessive compulsive disorder. Eating disorders. Dealing with life crisis, dilemmas and change. Bullying. Emotional crisis and difficulty coping. Anger Management Couple Counselling / Relationship Difficulties Sexuality Issues Coping with Depression Cancer / Illness Counselling What is the difference between Counselling, Psychotherapy and Therapy? Counselling tends to associate with more short term and focused work, and Psychotherapy explores issues in greater depth and requires more commitment to longer term work. It aims to reach the underlying, often unconscious, causes of distress. Therapy is a word that covers both Counselling and Psychotherapy. Think of your mind like a ball of wool — a tangled and really knotted ball of wool. These are your thoughts, your memories, your ways of coping with the world and includes your feelings. If you took that knotte

All forms of psychological suffering are addressed. These include: Anxiety, panic-disorders, depression, chronic pain, bi-polar disorder bereavement, bulimia, obsessive compulsive disorder, stress, addiction, sexuality and paranoid schizophrenia. Treatment provides the time and space to speak about oneself beyond a diagnosis and to speak about what matters most in a non-judgemental and safe environment. Low rates are available for students, those who are in financial difficulty and in other certain circumstances. Therefore there are no fixed rates. All rates are negotiated in the first consultation.

Adult psychotherapy  Child and Adolescent psychotherapy Couples counselling €80 Psychoanalysis Supervision for clinicians Price on request

I see couples and have a lot of experience in this area.  I see both of you together provided your partner is in agreement. The first session looks at the presenting problem as each person sees it, your perspective may be very different from your partners. trying to understand each other is an important first step learning to listen and having a safe space to explore problems without them getting out of hand or just becomming the same revolving argument.  The hope is always to repair the relationship but if this is impossible the therapy can give a safe place to discuss separating.  

I specialise in the area of panic attacks and anxiety. I will see you and assess where you are in relation to panic and anxiety.  Some patients just want the skills to help them manage the awful symptoms but in my experience you need to find the underlying cause.  Its always there, hidden in the symptoms of the panic and it is like fingerprints unique to each individual. therapy is two fold one,to help you manage the symptoms and two to find the cause.  Loss almost always sits somewhere in what makes patients suffer panic and anxiety. My area of interest is in area od death anxiety. Ihave a lot of experience with relationship difficulties and eating disorders. 

It’s a big decision to come to counselling or psychotherapy . For some it is something they have beenconsidering for some time, while for others it’s an immediate decision inresponse to something that has come up suddenly in their life. Either way it canbe a stressful and anxious time. Knowing what to expect can make it alittle easier. Our first meeting will be an exploratory session. Thiswill allow you  to see what counselling is about and decide if it will bebeneficial for you to continue.  I will take some personal details anddiscuss confidentiality in the counselling relationship. We will move on tolook at your life and examine what has brought you to counselling at thistime.  We will also look at what you want to achieve from therapy.At the end of this session it is your decision whetherto proceed further. If  you decide yes  I would normally contract for 4 - 6 sessions after which we would review where we are. If I think your needs will be best met elsewhere Iwill offer a referral.  Therapy may involve either short term counselling orlonger term psychotherapy. This decision rests with you and what you want toachieve from the counselling process.  While I am qualified in the use of psychodynamic,humanistic and cognitive behavioral approaches I mainly work humanistically,using elements of the other models where appropriate.